From Fujitsu: 
With its feather-light weight, innovative bi-directional hinge, and versatile touch screen display, the LifeBook® P1620 notebook is one of the most compelling mobile computing products on the market today. This ultra-portable tablet computer offers the power and convenience of a notebook with the unique versatility to handle special-purpose applications that are best suited for a slate tablet.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Operating System	Genuine Windows® Vista Business
Display	8.9" WXGA touchscreen display
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Ultra Low Voltage U7600 (1.20 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB)
Data Connectivity	Modem: Integrated multinational 56K V.90 modem LAN: Gigabit Ethernet WLAN: Integrated Atheros Super AG® Wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g) Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth wireless
Memory	1 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM memory
Storage	80 GB P-ATA 100, 4200 rpm hard drive
Security	Embedded TPM and integrated Fingerprint Sensor
Audio	Realtek ALC262 Stereo and headphone/line-out jacks Microphone/line-in jack Internal digital microphone
Battery	High-Capacity Main battery: Lithium ion (6-cell, 10.8V, 5200 mAh, 56 WHr)
Weight	2.2 lbs (3-cell battery) / 2.5 lbs (6-cell battery)

Reviews from:

• Tablet PC Review
• CNET Reviews
• Laptop Mag

Belkin recently released some cool and cheap cases for your 7" Asus Eee PC mini laptop. If you still haven't got any sleeves or your Asus Eee PC case sucks, you should definitely consider these wonderful cases.

First up is the Quilted Carrying Case ($19.99). Made with durable polyester, it protects your laptop from light wear and tear while on the go. Next is the Mini Laptop Carrying Case ($24.99), made with durable neoprene that has outside pockets for some extra storage. If you mostly keep your laptop at home, you should take a look at their Neoprene Sleeve ($12.99). Simple and elegant made with durable neoprene that you can easily stow in your bag in case you want to take it somewhere.

These cases will be available at Target stores in September and they come in four colors: jet-set red, plum berry, techno blue, and black.

You might be wondering why some UMPC's, most notably, HP's 2133 Mini-note uses a VIA processor. What's with VIA anyway? Is it the AMD processor equivalent for netbooks?

 

Just a brief background, When the Asus Eee PC came out, it used the Celeron M processor that runs at 900MHz. In response, VIA created the C7-M processor to grab some market at the so-called Netbook category and it had some success with Packard Bell, Maxdata, and Everex to name a few using it on their machines. The problem was, even at 1.2GHz ,VIA C7-M was not as fast as Intel's Celeron M and it runs even hotter.

Then Intel Atom came, which is much faster than VIA C7-M at 1.6GHz for netbooks. Not to mention being less energy-consuming which leads to a much cooler machine. Here are some numbers between the two for you geeks:

Processor	VIA C7-M ULV	Intel Atom
Model	772	230
L2 Cache	128KB	512KB
Clock Speed	1.2GHz	1.6GHz
FSB	400MHz	544MHz
Thermal Design Power	5w	4w
Architecture (lower nm, less power consumption)	90nm	45nm

So as of now if it were me, I would rather go for Intel Atom-based UMPC's instead of VIA even if VIA is much cheaper. However, VIA and Nvidia have joined forces to take on Intel in the chip-world of UMPC's and they'll be releasing VIA Isaiah soon which promises to be a big improvement from C7-M. So we'll see how the near future shapes up for the two.